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| Date: | Thursday 22 December 2022 |
| Time: | c. 07:25 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502XP |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PP-IRC |
| MSN: | 502A-3113 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Brasnorte, MT -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Fazenda Floresta, Brasnorte, MT |
| Fazenda Pitanga, Tangará da Serra, MT | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A pilot was killed in the crash of an Air Tractor AT-502XP at a farm near the city of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso.
At around 10:15 UTC, the aircraft departed from the airstrip on Fazenda Floresta, in the municipality of Brasnorte, State of Mato Grosso, bound for Fazenda Pitanga, municipality of Tangará da Serra, on a ferry flight.
During the climb, the aircraft encountered adverse weather conditions, with subsequent loss of control and collision with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.jknoticias.com/noticias/policia/2022-12-22/mt-piloto-morre-em-queda-de-aviao-agricola-em-lavoura-de-soja
https://g1.globo.com/mt/mato-grosso/noticia/2022/12/22/piloto-morre-em-queda-de-aviao-em-brasnorte-mt.ghtml
https://primeirapagina.com.br/seguranca/aviao-cai-em-lavoura-e-piloto-morre-em-brasnorte/amp/
https://www.sonoticias.com.br/geral/aviao-cai-em-mato-grosso-e-policia-confirma-uma-morte/
https://www.plantaotga.com/post/piloto-morre-em-queda-de-aeronave-em-fazenda-entre-campo-novo-e-brasnorte
https://painelsipaer.cenipa.fab.mil.br/QvAJAXZfc/opendoc.htm?document=SIGAER%2Fgia%2Fqvw%2Fpainel_sipaer.qvw&host=QVS%40cirros31-37&anonymous=true
Media:
Um piloto identificado como Hugo Porfírio, de 39 anos, morreu na queda de um avião agrícola na manhã desta quinta-feira (22), em uma fazenda próximo a Brasnorte (587 km de Cuiabá). https://t.co/P1wUJJEpst
— CBN Cuiabá 95.9 (@cbncba) December 22, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2025 18:34 | ASN | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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